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# Hasura CLI: hasura seed create

Create a new seed file.

## Synopsis

This will create a new seed file with the name provided as an argument. You can export tables from the database and create a seed file from it by using the ``--from-table`` flag.

Further reading:
- https://hasura.io/docs/latest/migrations-metadata-seeds/manage-seeds/


```bash
hasura seed create seed_name [flags]
```

## Examples

```bash
# Create a new seed file and use editor to add SQL:
hasura seed create new_table_seed

# Create a new seed by exporting data from tables already present in the database:
hasura seed create table1_seed --from-table table1

# Export data from multiple tables:
hasura seed create tables_seed --from-table table1 --from-table table2
```

## Options

```sass
    --from-table stringArray   name of table from which seed file has to be initialized. e.g. table1, myschema1.table1
-h, --help                     help for create
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```sass
--admin-secret string            admin secret for Hasura GraphQL Engine (env "HASURA_GRAPHQL_ADMIN_SECRET")
--certificate-authority string   path to a cert file for the certificate authority (env "HASURA_GRAPHQL_CERTIFICATE_AUTHORITY")
--database-name string           database on which operation should be applied
--disable-interactive            disables interactive prompts (default: false) (env "HASURA_GRAPHQL_DISABLE_INTERACTIVE")
--endpoint string                http(s) endpoint for Hasura GraphQL Engine (env "HASURA_GRAPHQL_ENDPOINT")
--envfile string                 .env filename to load ENV vars from (default ".env")
--insecure-skip-tls-verify       skip TLS verification and disable cert checking (default: false) (env "HASURA_GRAPHQL_INSECURE_SKIP_TLS_VERIFY")
--log-level string               log level (DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, FATAL) (default "INFO")
--no-color                       do not colorize output (default: false)
--project string                 directory where commands are executed (default: current dir)
--skip-update-check              skip automatic update check on command execution
```

## SEE ALSO

- [hasura seed](/hasura-cli/commands/hasura_seed.mdx) - Manage seed data

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